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Here are examples of reasonable accommodations for the students with disabilities:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Purchased a text reader for a legally blind student<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Prepare handouts with more detailed description in advance for students having difficulties on listening and writing (Other students get blank sheet and take memos by themselves.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n- Arrange bus rides to meet students’ needs: For students who cannot walk back home by themselves, the school still arranges bus rides for them even if their house is just across the street of the school. Their families have to pick them up when getting off the bus. Otherwise, the bus will take the students back to school.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Those reasonable accommodations are arranged both in public and private schools. <\/span><\/p>\nThe cost will be covered by the district. In the U.S., the federal government has set up\u00a0 systems and rules, so states and schools have to abide them. <\/span><\/p>\nStates and schools have to figure how to make it happen. <\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Japan, mainly in public schools, necessary service and equipment are not provided enough due to the limited budget of the city. <\/span><\/p>\nI also went to a public school without elevator, and needed to go upstairs and downstairs by myself from 7 years old to 20 years old. <\/span><\/p>\nWhen I talked about the story at this school, everyone said \u201cOH MY GOD!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\nThey even said \u201cYou could sue the school. It is totally illegal in the States!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I would like to share the impressive comments from interviewees.<\/span><\/p>\n\nKids are kids even if they have disabilities or not. <\/span><\/p>\nWe can learn from each other. <\/span><\/p>\nEven teachers can learn from kids. <\/span><\/p>\nIn this school, all kids grew up together in the same classroom. <\/span><\/p>\nThey have studied and played together since they were little.<\/span><\/p>\n So when someone suddenly yell or start running, no one see him or her like \u2018that\u2019s weird\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\nBecause they know that is who he or she is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the US, children have more chances to know about people with disabilities…well I would say people with various backgrounds since they are little. <\/span><\/p>\nThose experiences\u00a0 might affect their behaviors such as open the door for wheelchair user.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I also had an opportunity to talk with the principal.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nDue to the high-unemployment, poverty, and violence in this district, it is hard for the students to picture their bright future. This situation is one of disabilities. <\/span><\/p>\nOf course they are physically no limited, but influence mentally very much. For example, one of the teachers had a students 2 years ago at another school. <\/span><\/p>\nHe was killed the other day. <\/span><\/p>\nHe was only 15 years old. <\/span><\/p>\nThis gave her a huge impact. <\/span><\/p>\nAnd the impact influenced to our students in this school too. <\/span><\/p>\nThe high poverty, unemployment and the violence are creating trauma in our children. <\/span><\/p>\nAnd that trauma impacts their ability to learn. <\/span><\/p>\nMy goal\u00a0is to look at how we can counteract those trauma. <\/span><\/p>\nI would like to tell our students \u2018The rest of your life is different!\u2019 and continue to move them forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAs she said, we have serious poverty situation in the city. <\/span><\/p>\nI cannot say it\u2019s very safe place either. <\/span><\/p>\nIn Japan, speaking of \u201cpeople with disabilities\u201d, we often think about physically disabled people who we often can observe and notice. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever, there are many invisible disabilities out there, and poverty is also included. <\/span><\/p>\nI have heard the poverty of children in Japan is also having serious social issues. <\/span><\/p>\nSo this is something we have to think about too.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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In the end\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nI had studied in a regular class at public schools. <\/span><\/p>\nI could receive regular education and I got more chances to show people around me to get to know about my situation. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in terms of accessibility for a wheelchair user, it was never easy.<\/span><\/p>\n What the public schools have done for me was, equipped handrails on the side of stairs, renovated one bathroom to be accessible, and equipped ramps. <\/span><\/p>\nI and my family still appreciated it a lot. <\/span><\/p>\nHowever when I see the school in the States, I believe there should be a lot more things that Japan could do for students with physical, mental, intellectual disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn Japan, if students have disabilities, in many cases they cannot go to a public school in local community. <\/span><\/p>\nOr even if they could enter, they might be assigned to a special education classroom where all students with various kinds of disabilities. <\/span><\/p>\nThe education level is lower than a regular class curriculum too.<\/span><\/p>\n I deeply feel that schools and teachers should see what each student need to learn and support them, not to rely on the education system which adults can manage easily.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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